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Resources
Treatises Available Online
Digital and Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries: Fencing Collection
Catalogue des traités numérisés d'escrime & de lutte
| 1639 | Pallas Armata, The Gentleman's Armorie |
| 1638 | La Bandiera (Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri) |
| 1617 | Schoole of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence (Joseph Swetnam) |
The following PDF files are courtesy of William Wilson:
| 1536 | Achille Marozzo | Opera Nova |
| 1553 | Camillo Agrippa | Trattato di Scienza d'Arme |
| 1569 | Hieronimo de Carranza | De la filosofia de las Armas... |
| 1570 | Giacomo Di Grassi | Ragion Di Adoprar |
| 1606 | Nicoletto Giganti | Teatro |
| 1606 | Salvator Fabris | De Lo Schermo Overo Scienza d'Arme |
| 1610 | Ridolfo Capo Ferro | Gran Simulacro |
| 1653 | Francesco Alfieri | L'Arte di ben Maneggiare La Spada |
| 1653 | D. Nicolas Tamariz | Cartilla, Y Luz En la Verdadera Destreza -- in the future we will be adding an analysis and translation of sections from this text |
Images, Film and Video
The British Pathe company has made thousands of hours of newsreel footage available for downloading. Preview versions of most footage can be downloaded for free. Search for "fencing" and you'll find some very interesting films from the 1920's and 30's.
Images from the US Library of Congress of fencers from 1902-1933 from Chicago Daily News (search under keyword "fencers")
Photocopies of Period Treatises
Patri J. Pugliese's Historic Fencing Treatises
British Federation of Historical Swordplay treatises
More resources will be added on an ongoing basis as they become available.